History Movies

Lyndon B. Johnson becomes the President of the United States in the chaotic aftermath of JFK's assassination and the documentary is about his early days from the assassination to the battle over the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and his campaign to stay in the White House.

The film tells the story of a teenage girl named Alice, who follows a mysterious man through a rabbit hole and discovers Wonderland; a dark and curious world inhabited by characters from turn-of-the-century America and the Pacific Northwest.

Queen Elizabeth I (Cate Blanchett) faces threats to her rule from abroad and at home. Now, she must endure multiple crises late in her reign including court intrigues, an assassination plot, the Spanish Armada, and romantic disappointments.

Only the Dead is a war story unlike any ever seen. A story of what happens when one ordinary man, Time magazine war correspondent Michael Ware, travels to Baghdad during the invasion. As he tries to find out about a brutal Al Qaeda leader, he receives a tape from Abu Musab al Zarqawi.

Set against the backdrop of political turmoil at the end of the Spanish Inquisition and start of the invasion of Spain by Napoleon's army, the film tells the story of painter Francisco Goya who faces a scandal involving his muse, who is labeled a heretic by a monk.

Following the assassination of President Lincoln, seven men and one woman, Mary Surratt. As the whole nation turns against her, she is forced to rely on her reluctant lawyer to uncover the truth and save her life.

Daniel and Lena, a couple become entangled in the Chilean military coup of 1973. When Daniel is abducted by Pinochet's secret police DINA, Lena tries to find and save her husband. She tracks him to a sealed-off village called Colonia Dignidad. The Colonia presents itself as a charitable mission run by lay preacher Paul Schafer but, in fact, is a place nobody ever escaped from.

For thirteen extraordinary days in October of 1962, the world stood on the brink of an unthinkable catastrophe. It's when the Kennedy administration struggles to contain the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.

Su Qi-Er retired from his life as a renowned Qing dynasty general in order to pursue his dream of a family and his own martial arts school. But peaceful days can't last long when his vengeful adopted brother kidnaps his son and leaves him for dead...

Directed by Craig Gillespie and produced by Walt Disney Pictures, The Finest Hours is about one of the worst storms to ever hit the East Coast struck New England. On a small lifeboat faced with frigid temperatures and 70-foot high waves, four members of the Coast Guard set out to rescue the more than 30 stranded sailors trapped aboard the rapidly-sinking vessel.

After escaping from a Confederate prison during the Civil War, Union officer Kerry Bradford is sent to Virginia City from where his former prison commander is planning to send five million dollars in gold to Virginia to save the Confederacy.

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. Much of the story involves a court-room drama about the free man who led the revolt.

"Jesus Christ Superstar" recounts the last days of Jesus Christ (Ted Neeley) from the perspective of Judas Iscariot (Carl Anderson), his betrayer. Too often mis-labeled a musical, this film is a "rock opera." There are no spoken lines, everything is sung.

In 1873 Ohio, Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) is a mother of three haunted by her horrific slavery past and her desperate actions for freedom. But after her old friend moving in, a strange girl comes along by the name of "Beloved". Sethe and Denver take her in and then strange things start to happen...

This drama is based on the true story of Karen Silkwood (Meryl Streep), who works at a nuclear facility, who was purposefully contaminated, psychologically tortured and possibly murdered to prevent her from exposing blatant worker safety violations at the plant.

This acclaimed biographical drama presents major events in the life of Mohandas Gandhi (Ben Kingsley), the beloved Indian leader who stood against British rule over his country. And the stubborn nature of Jinnah and his commitment towards Pakistan is portrayed.

Capt. Nathan Algren (Tom Cruise) is an American military officer hired by the Emperor of Japan to train the country's first army in the art of modern warfare. But Nathan embraces the Samurai culture he was hired to destroy after he is captured in battle.